We have all of the onions transplanted and much of the cabbage. Wayne has seeded carrots, radish and corn. The potatoes are nearly all planted. We still have lettuce, swiss chard, cauliflower, broccoli, tomatoes, herbs, peppers to plant and beets to seed. The weather is still cold and it is very windy. I think the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘seeding’
9 May
Where is spring?
Spring is slow to get going this season. It has put us a bit behind with seeding and planting. So far the guys have prepared the strawberry fields for the transplants, uncovered the herb garden and are starting to plant potatoes. Today will be too cold again to get out and plant anything. At this [...]
28 Mar
Seeding ~ March 27th
Yesterday we seeded the peppers. This year we are nearly doubling our pepper production because we can not keep up with the demand. So, Hungarian Pepper fans (you know who you are) don’t worry, there will be LOTS! The seeding greenhouse and the germination room are filled to the brim, but it is still to [...]
19 Mar
Seeding ~ March 18th, 2009
Well, most of our time has been spent seeding and transplanting flowers for the garden centre. I can’t believe that in less than a month we will open the garden centre for the season! We haven’t forgotten the vegetables. Yesterday we seeded Celery (about 3000 of them), Artichoke, Parsley and Garlic chives. We also transplanted [...]
7 Mar
Seeding Onions – March 7, 2009
It doesn’t want to warm up, but we have put off opening the greenhouse as long as we can. So, this weekend we are starting up the furnace (yes, in Canada you need a furnace to heat your greenhouse until it gets warm enough to heat itself). And we will begin seeding onions. We are [...]
8 May
Seeding – continued
The trees are taking their time to bud and there is snow in the forecast, but we still believe this is Spring! Wayne has been in the field for days! He finally got the mulch put down. It went much faster than in the past due to the new tractor and new roto-tiller. The tiller [...]
30 Apr
Potatoes
Wayne started planting potatoes yesterday. We grow Norland, a red skin and white interior variety. This year is the International Year of the Potato. So we are also going to plant a few speciality varieties ; one with white skin and one that is purple completely through. Wayne has tried in the past to introduce [...]
